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In this episode, Robyn King shares her journey from corporate law to leading social impact at Canva and explains how the company embeds impact into its core business strategy. She offers practical insights on building scalable, product-led impact programs inside a fast-growing global company.

Former Director of Social Impact, Josh Penny, joins the show to discuss his journey through the evolving world of corporate social impact, lessons learned throughout his career, and the future of the field.

Peloton’s Head of Social Impact, Alia McCants, shares how she built Peloton’s impact function from the ground up by aligning business purpose, brand, and product to advance equitable access to fitness and mental health while driving measurable health outcomes at scale.  

Chess Jakobs, Head of Social Impact, Sustainability, and Communities at Culture Amp, joins the show to unpack his career journey, how Culture Amp embeds impact into the employee experience, and his perspective on where corporate impact is headed.          

Twilio’s Chief Social Impact Officer, Erin Reilly, joins Behind the Impact to discuss how the company built a social impact function that drives business value and generates revenue. She also shares her career journey and lessons for practitioners working to sustain and scale their impact work.

In this episode of Behind the Impact, 1Community's VP of Impact, Rachel E. Cooke, joins the show to discuss how the company integrates impact storytelling into their films, the future of corporate impact, and more.

HubSpot's Social Impact Lead, Kaiya Salemy, joins Behind the Impact to discuss her career journey, HubSpot's approach to social impact, and more.

In this episode of Behind the Impact, Northwestern Mutual's Chief Sustainability & Impact Officer, Grady Crosby, joins the show.

Veena Harbaugh, Sr. Director of Impact & Governance at Sendle, joins the show to unpack what impact looks like inside a growing logistics company. She shares how Sendle is reimagining the shipping industry—from sustainability challenges to unexpected opportunities—and what it takes to lead with purpose in a complex, emissions-heavy sector.

Brian Tippens, Cisco’s SVP, Chief Social Impact & Inclusion Officer, joins Behind the Impact for a powerful conversation on why it’s essential for practitioners to link impact to business value.

Kim Koeman, the Global Director of Impact at Steelcase, joins the show to share her journey into corporate social impact and how Steelcase is using its people, products, and capital for good.

Maggie Hureau, Head of Social Impact at Mammoth Brands (formerly Harry’s Inc.), joins the show to share her journey into corporate social impact and how the largest CPG company built in the last 20 years leverages its people, products, and capital for good.

Nike’s former Public Policy & Social Impact Operations Director, Dina Stults, joins the show to reflect on her 20-year career in impact at the sportswear giant.

UserTesting's Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer and Head of ESG, Corey Hatcher, joins the show to discuss her unique journey into corporate social impact and how the company leverages its people, products, and capital for good.

Paige Rodgers, Director of the Equinix Foundation & Equinix Community Impact, joins the show to share how she got into corporate impact, the theory of change, and the importance of integrating social impact, ESG, and other impact functions into a company’s DNA.